Docosahexaenoic acid accumulation in the prenatal brain: Prooxidant and antioxidant features

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 229-235

  Yavin, Ephraim ^a   Glozman, Sabina ^a   Green, Pnina ^a,b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brain development; Ischemia; Lipid peroxidation; Phospholipids; Polyunsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; LIPID;

BRAIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FETUS; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; ISCHEMIA; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID BRAIN LEVEL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SCAVENGING SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; ISCHEMIA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; OLEIC ACID; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINES; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINES; PLACENTA; PLANT OILS; PREGNANCY; RATS; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

EID: 0034917857     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/JMN:16:2-3:229     Document Type: Article

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